Real Salt Lake

Chris Kamrani

Eventful, right?
Real Salt Lake’s offseason has already been filled with its share of twists and turns.
» <b>Javier Morales</b> held his own press conference in a hotel in downtown Salt Lake City to say goodbye to the fans, the end to a messy split with the club after a decade in U...
Eventful, right?
Real Salt Lake’s offseason has already been filled with its share of twists and turns.
» <b>Javier Morales</b> held...

<b>Juan Manuel Martinez</b> stood on the pavement a few feet from the grass inside Rio Tinto Stadium last August speaking comfortably about his decision to try something new, to blaze a new trail for himself in Major League Soccer.
The former Boca Juniors star forward sported his bra...
<b>Juan Manuel Martinez</b> stood on the pavement a few feet from the grass inside Rio Tinto Stadium last August speaking comfortably abo...

Two years ago <b>Freddy Juarez</b> served as a coach for Real Salt Lake’s burgeoning Arizona-based academy. Now, he’s part of the club’s first-team staff. On Tuesday, RSL announced that Juarez will join <b>Jeff Cassar’s</b> coaching staff in 2017 and beyond, replacing <b&...
Two years ago <b>Freddy Juarez</b> served as a coach for Real Salt Lake’s burgeoning Arizona-based academy. Now, he’s part of the club’s ...

The offseason morphs into the 2017 preseason in just 52 days.
On Thursday, Real Salt Lake announced its plans for the upcoming month-long preseason camp that will start in late January and last a month with stops in three different states. RSL will report for entrance physicals on Saturday, Jan. ...
The offseason morphs into the 2017 preseason in just 52 days.
On Thursday, Real Salt Lake announced its plans for the upcoming month-long preseason...

“There’s no secrets,” Real Salt Lake general manager <b>Craig Waibel</b> said. “We need a 10.”
And RSL is currently scouring the globe for arguably the most impactful type of player soccer demands. The day RSL announced which player options were being picked up — and which weren’t — f...
“There’s no secrets,” Real Salt Lake general manager <b>Craig Waibel</b> said. “We need a 10.”
And RSL is currently scouring the globe ...

You don’t change just to change, <b>Alexi Lalas</b> said. But sometimes, you must for the potential impact and the effect that a change can have on a team and its players. And the question swirling around the slumping state of American soccer is this: Does the U.S. men’s national team &...
You don’t change just to change, <b>Alexi Lalas</b> said. But sometimes, you must for the potential impact and the effect that a change c...

Real Salt Lake is indeed getting younger.
A week after the controversial exit of midfield star <b>Javier Morales</b>, another aging RSL staple took to Twitter to announce he won’t be back at the club in 2017. Center back <b>Jamison Olave</b> noted that his second stint at...
Real Salt Lake is indeed getting younger.
A week after the controversial exit of midfield star <b>Javier Morales</b>, another aging RS...

Less than a week after taking to Twitter to announce his departure from Real Salt Lake after a decade as the club’s primary playmaker, <b>Javier Morales</b> returned Wednesday to post another update. The 36-year-old Argentine who tallied 49 goals and 81 assists in 10 seasons at RSL than...
Less than a week after taking to Twitter to announce his departure from Real Salt Lake after a decade as the club’s primary playmaker, <b>Javie...

The imprint left behind was always going to be immeasurable. It’s just that now time has become a reality this fan base dreaded for so many years. Real Salt Lake and its supporters woke up Friday morning to an era that no longer involved <b>Javier Morales</b>.
Arguably the most-talen...
The imprint left behind was always going to be immeasurable. It’s just that now time has become a reality this fan base dreaded for so many years. Re...

Sandy • On the day Real Salt Lake players went through their 2016 exit meetings with the team’s front office, a report surfaced that the longest-tenured player at RSL is a primary target for an incoming MLS expansion franchise.
<i>Sports Illustrated</i> reporter <b>Grant Wahl&l...
Sandy • On the day Real Salt Lake players went through their 2016 exit meetings with the team’s front office, a report surfaced that the longest-tenu...

Sandy • <b>Burrito Martinez</b> baited a defender, and by now if you’ve watched the 30-year-old Argentine, you know that if the ensuing move comes off, it could make for a moment worth hitting replay online — maybe even a few times.
It was similar to the moment Martinez had on the Fi...
Sandy • <b>Burrito Martinez</b> baited a defender, and by now if you’ve watched the 30-year-old Argentine, you know that if the ensuing m...

Sandy • Before what could’ve been the first day of the last week of training during its 2016 season, <b>Jeff Cassar</b> gathered his players and addressed much of what has transpired since Real Salt Lake very first convened in late January for entrance physicals. The RSL head coach said...
Sandy • Before what could’ve been the first day of the last week of training during its 2016 season, <b>Jeff Cassar</b> gathered his play...

Sandy • With the Major League Soccer’s best team coming to town this weekend, Real Salt Lake’s attacking triple threat was whittled down to just one in Wednesday’s training session. RSL’s leading scorers <b>Joao Plata</b> (nine goals, 11 assists) and <b>Yura Movsisyan</b> (n...
Sandy • With the Major League Soccer’s best team coming to town this weekend, Real Salt Lake’s attacking triple threat was whittled down to just one ...

Five days after the MLS Disciplinary Committee suspended Real Salt Lake center back <b>Jamison Olave</b> one game, it circled back to RSL to once again serve another suspension to another key player.
While not officially announced, the committee will suspend RSL midfielder <b>S...
Five days after the MLS Disciplinary Committee suspended Real Salt Lake center back <b>Jamison Olave</b> one game, it circled back to RSL...

Portland, Ore. • Real Salt Lake’s center back depth, already thinned through various injuries late in the year, is about to be tested further Saturday night.
Veteran center back Jámison Olave was suspended and handed an undisclosed fine by the MLS Disciplinary Committee Friday for making contact wit...
Portland, Ore. • Real Salt Lake’s center back depth, already thinned through various injuries late in the year, is about to be tested further Saturday...

Sandy • Jordan Allen’s called Landon Donovan coach on three different occasions in the last year and change. First in New Zealand last June, when Allen was part of the U.S. U-20 World Cup squad, where Donovan was a surprise addition to the coaching staff. A few weeks later, Donovan, serving as head ...
Sandy • Jordan Allen’s called Landon Donovan coach on three different occasions in the last year and change. First in New Zealand last June, when Alle...

In its fourth league-wide analysis of Major League Soccer, Forbes on Wednesday released its 2016 franchise valuations dissecting earnings from the league, its clubs as well as the highest-paid players.
For the fourth-straight go, the Seattle Sounders are valued as the league’s most valuable team at...
In its fourth league-wide analysis of Major League Soccer, Forbes on Wednesday released its 2016 franchise valuations dissecting earnings from the lea...

As soon as they collided, Real Salt Lake midfielder Sunday Stephen knew his injury was bad. “When I touched my face, I know something was wrong,” the man his teammates call Sunny said this week. The 27-year-old’s promising first season in Major League Soccer was interrupted on June 22 when he frac...
As soon as they collided, Real Salt Lake midfielder Sunday Stephen knew his injury was bad. “When I touched my face, I know something was wrong,” the...

Center back Aaron Maund will not be available when Real Salt Lake visits the Seattle Sounders on Sunday.
Maund did not train with the team on Friday in Sandy. After the session, head coach Jeff Cassar said the defender was dealing with a foot injury.
“This weekend, no,” the coach said when asked if ...
Center back Aaron Maund will not be available when Real Salt Lake visits the Seattle Sounders on Sunday.
Maund did not train with the team on Friday i...

Nick Rimando made history and Javier Morales proved that, even at age 36, he still has a little bit left in the tank. But here are three other quick takeaways from Real Salt Lake’s 3-1 win over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night. 1. Olmes Garcia, as Jason Kreis, the man who first brought him to Rea...
Nick Rimando made history and Javier Morales proved that, even at age 36, he still has a little bit left in the tank. But here are three other quick t...

The summer transfer window will shut tonight, and Real Salt Lake officials say it will close without an announcement from the team. But RSL general manager Craig Waibel said this afternoon that he remains in discussions with at least two players the team is optimistic about adding after the deadline...
The summer transfer window will shut tonight, and Real Salt Lake officials say it will close without an announcement from the team. But RSL general ma...

Sandy • Still toiling in offensive struggles, it seems Real Salt Lake could be fairly shorthanded in that department heading into this week-long East Coast trip. RSL coach <b>Jeff Cassar</b> has ruled out leading scorer <b>Yura Movsisyan</b> (hip flexor strain) for Sunday’s ...
Sandy • Still toiling in offensive struggles, it seems Real Salt Lake could be fairly shorthanded in that department heading into this week-long East...

Sandy • A week removed from the opening of the summer transfer window, Real Salt Lake made a roster move Wednesday. A relatively unexpected one. The club announced a six-month loan of forward <b>Devon Sandoval</b> to Rayo OKC of the NASL effective immediately.
Sandoval, 25, made 10 a...
Sandy • A week removed from the opening of the summer transfer window, Real Salt Lake made a roster move Wednesday. A relatively unexpected one. The ...

<b>Landon Donovan</b> ensured one of his old rivals would be well-represented on his team.
Once again serving as coach, the former Major League Soccer and U.S. men’s national team star chose four Real Salt Lake players for the upcoming Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game in which 20 homegrown...
<b>Landon Donovan</b> ensured one of his old rivals would be well-represented on his team.
Once again serving as coach, the former Majo...

Sandy • Five days ago <b>Kyle Beckerman</b> stuck out his right hand. One by one, it was met by some of the best soccer players in the world. Then the man many consider the planet’s very best stuck out his right hand and met the Real Salt Lake midfielder’s palm.
It only took <b&gt...
Sandy • Five days ago <b>Kyle Beckerman</b> stuck out his right hand. One by one, it was met by some of the best soccer players in the wo...

Sandy • <b>Nick Rimando</b> has always told <b>Jurgen Klinsmann</b> that he’s always a phone call away. So last week, the U.S. men’s national team coach took the Real Salt Lake goalkeeper up on it.
A few days before the U.S. faced Ecuador in the Copa America Centenario qu...
Sandy • <b>Nick Rimando</b> has always told <b>Jurgen Klinsmann</b> that he’s always a phone call away. So last week, the U.S...

Sandy • Real Salt Lake’s longstanding rivalry with the Seattle Sounders will receive a new injection. For the first time in the history of both clubs, they’ll meet in the U.S. Open Cup tournament. On Thursday morning, U.S. Soccer announced the match-ups for the fifth round of the 2016 U.S. Open Cup...
Sandy • Real Salt Lake’s longstanding rivalry with the Seattle Sounders will receive a new injection. For the first time in the history of both clubs...

Sandy • Real Salt Lake entered the month of June the healthiest its been all season. That lasted all of one day. In RSL’s first training session back from its brief break for to the Copa America Centenario, midfielder <b>Sunday Stephen</b> suffered an ankle injury Wednesday.
Unfortun...
Sandy • Real Salt Lake entered the month of June the healthiest its been all season. That lasted all of one day. In RSL’s first training session back...